Matt Whiteley wrote:
On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 09:04, Mike McLean wrote:
<snip> The network install methods are: nfs, ftp, http, nfsiso, httpdisc, and ftpdisc.
- nfs, ftp, and http installs work off of a unified tree (All rpms in a
single tree) that is accessible via the given protocol.
- nfsiso works off of an nfs directory containing the isos (and nothing
else!). No other network install method can use raw isos.
- ftpdisc and httpdisc work off of a directory containing the split tree
(one subdirectory per disc). So you might point the installer at http://myserver/Severn/discs/ where the discs directory contains subdirectories disc1, disc2, and disc3 which themselves contain the contents of the three discs. The idea behind these methods is that you can loopback mount the three isos on your server, make those mountpoint accessible via ftp or http, and run a network install off of that.
thanks
This was so much easier and complete to understand than what I read in the manual.
i have no luck with my intel etherexpress 100 / e100 driver link is ok but no network-connection no ping, http, nfs, ftp, ... is possible
with the rhl 9 bootdisk.img, drvnet.img no problems
then i have to cdrecording at least cd #1 for a minimal english-installation, german-mini-inst need 3 packages from cd #2 and no chance to come further without cd #2 :-(
while burning, it seems that anaconda try his best to find cd/iso/directory
tty3:
local cd-rom: -> # trying to mount device hdd
harddisk: /dev/hdb1 /severn -> # partition /dev/hdb1 selected # mounting hdb1 for harddrive install
tty4 <4> EXT2-fs warning ...
nfs: # going to do nfsGetSetup 192.168.0.1 severn -> # mounting nfs path 192.168.0.1:/severn
ftp: 192.168.0.1 severn -> # starting to STEP_URL # trying to mount device hdd # transferring ftp://192.168.0.1//severn/RedHat/base/updates.img to fd # transferring ftp://192.168.0.1//severn/RedHat/base/product.img to fd # 2565000 are available # transferring ftp://192.168.0.1//severn/RedHat/base/stage2.img to fd
http: 192.168.0.1 severn -> # trying to mount device hdd # transferring http://192.168.0.1//severn/RedHat/base/updates.img to fd # transferring http://192.168.0.1//severn/disc1/RedHat/base/updates.img to fd # transferring http://192.168.0.1//severn/RedHat/base/product.img to fd # transferring http://192.168.0.1//severn/disc1/RedHat/base/product.img to fd # 2565000 are available # transferring http://192.168.0.1//severn/RedHat/base/stage2.img to fd # transferring http://192.168.0.1//severn/disc1/RedHat/base/stage2.img to fd